Merchants House 5 Penn Place Carlton Mews Wells Somerset BA5 1DS
Refused on 29 October 2021
Council decision: Development is not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a proposed lawful development certificate for Installation of a window and a rooflight to the second storey
- Received
- 23 August 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Wells Central (Historic)
- ReceivedReceived23 Aug
- ValidatedValidated7 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Nov
- DecidedDecided29 Oct
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for window replacement at Merchants House 5 Penn Place Carlton Mews Wells Somerset BA5 1DS. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.
77% of outline applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BA5 1DS
- Application type
- Certificate of Proposed Use/Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wells City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 September 2021
- Target decision date
- 2 November 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- db + PAUL
- Agent address
- Db + PAUL 27/29 St Cuthbert Street Wells Somerset BA5 2AW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Wells
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Mendip
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